Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players beg Larian to stop \u201csoftening characters for fan service\u201d Larian StudiosWhile Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is often hailed for its story and romantic plotlines, the community thinks Larian shouldn\u2019t change their writing for the sake of pleasing players moving forward. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 was in early access for about three years before fully launching in 2023. During that period, Larian made many changes based on player feedback, whether related to dialogue, graphics, combat, or many other aspects. A year after the game was fully released, Larian is still dedicating time to fixing various issues and listening to the community. While this has led many players to sing their praises, a portion of the community has wished that they wouldn\u2019t change some of the writing in the game to appease players. In a Reddit thread, one user claimed that companions staying with a Mind Flayer Tav, excluding spawn Astarion, \u201cdoesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d \u201cSorry, but it just feels very \u2018fanservicy\u2019 to me,\u201d the player claimed. They pointed out how at least Lae\u2019zel, given the circumstances as a Githyanki, shouldn\u2019t be \u201cso easily persuaded\u201d to love a Mind Flayer Tav. To them, this ended up feeling like \u201csomething Larian made them do because they wanted this \u2018Will you still love me if I become a worm?\u2019 fairy-tale endings.\u201d Many other players who jumped in the comments also agreed with this take. \u201cLae\u2019zel used to refuse to stay with you if you turned Illithid which I think was more in character and hit harder. Was disappointed to see they changed it in a patch and tend to agree that the change was for fan service reasons,\u201d commented one user. Another user mentioned how Shadowheart\u2019s Act 1 romance in early access \u201cwas so good.\u201d They added, \u201cI really wanted to see where it went after such a slow build, but now she feels more like a Skyrim NPC romance.\u201d Meanwhile, one user wrote: \u201cI\u2019m so sick of them softening characters for fan service reasons instead of sticking to their guns, honestly.\u201d This includes tweaking Shadowheart and Lae\u2019zel \u201cto be less mean in the beginning,\u201d the latter making her \u201cabandon all her principles.\u201d \u201cNow in the beta they\u2019ve changed ascended! Astarion\u2019s kiss animation so the player looks happy instead of scared\u2026 All of these really weaken the writing and make the characters and story less consistent,\u201d they added. Some players wish that there would be an option to make the new expressions optional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players beg Larian to stop \u201csoftening characters for fan service\u201d Larian StudiosWhile Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 is often hailed for its story and romantic plotlines, the community thinks Larian shouldn\u2019t change their writing for the sake of pleasing players moving forward. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 was in early access for about three years before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}